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ExhibitsComing this June, a solo exhibition of Tetrault’s recent paintings, Smoke, Steel, Sky, opens at the newly located Elliott Louis Gallery. This exhibit will feature works based on the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge tragedy fifty years ago, on June 17th 1958. The show includes a folding screen made in collaboration with furniture designer Arnt Arntzen and other mixed media work incorporates poetry by the award-winning poet Gary Geddes. Works in this show can be viewed online www.elliottlouis.com Tetrault’s paintings and prints were included in Canadian Artists in Kuwait, an exhibit mounted in Kuwait City. Seven Canadian artists took part in this show, sponsored in part through the Canadian Embassy and produced by Doust Gallery and Patrick Montgomery of the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Tetrault had a solo exhibition of print work at the St. Thomas/Elgin Public Art Centre, Ontario. Urban Topographies included recent woodcuts and linocuts and a 28-foot book based on Signs of the Times (with poet Bud Osborn) ACQUISITIONS/COMMISSIONSQuartet, a four-panel acrylic and carved plywood piece of urban crows, has been accepted into the permanent collection of the Surrey Art Gallery. D/A Architects and Planners commissioned Tetrault to paint a triptych for their redesigned office entranceway. His work will be a focal point in their lobby. PUBLIC ARTRichard Tetrault is a 2008 recipient of the City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award. Tetrault is currently coordinating four public murals to reflect Vancouver history for the 100th Anniversary of Britannia High School. Canadian-based public art group La Raza completed a three-block long, 6000 square foot mural in London Ontario. This project involved six artists from Argentina working alongside La Raza members and volunteers. |
